Hinge



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' J. DAVIDSON I HINGE Filed Sept. l7, 1923 In vem or 411 orng/ PatentNov. 18, 124.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES DAVIDSON, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE THUS.DAVIDSON MFG. 00., LIMITED, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA,

HINGE.

Application fi1ed 8eptember 17, 1923. Serial no. 668,278.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J'AMES DAVIDSON, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and residing at the city of Montreal, in the Prov ince ofQuebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Hinge,of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to a hinge as described in the presentspecification and illus trated in the accompanying drawings that formpart of the same. p

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of constructionpointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty followinga description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable formof the invention.

The objects of the invention are to facilitate the manufacture of sheetmetal utensils and receptacles; to form the pin member of the hinge in asimple and economical manner; to eliminate the displacement of the lidin tea and coffee pots, bread boxes and other articles of the kindthrough the disruption of the hinge; and generally to provide a hinge ofa durable nature ata minimum cost.

In the 'drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tea or coffee pot,showing the application of this invention thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a bread box, showing the hinges madeaccording to' with the outturned flange or curled end 7 and be plain atthe other end and is inserted through the holes 4' and 5, until theplain end projects beyond the outturned end 3 and on this projectingportion of the tube the washer 8 is mounted and the wall of the tubeoutside the washer splayed thereover.

The hinge pin 6 is of tubular form and is secured in the barrel 9extending from the hinged part, in this case shown as the lid of a teapot, and is curled or splayed at the ends over the outer surfaces of thelugs 2 and 3 and at one end over the washer 8, this action drawing theflange 7 tightly up to the outturned end 2, so that the pin is veryrigidly held in'the frame ready for the curled.

tongue 9 of sheet metal, which forms the barrel member of the hinge andis either stamped out with the lid'of the vessel or is a separate piecesecured thereto.

The salient feature in this invention is the provision of the hollow pinin hinge construction and it has been found in practice that thisfastening is most efficient for utensils, vessels or boxes, as it isquite impossible in ordinary use to rip the hinge 01f or disrupt it soas to cause displacementof the parts. The ends of the hollow pin areclosed by the plugs 10 and 11 which give the hinge a good finish andalso strengthen the tube by making it practically solid for a portion ofits length, the heads of said plugs covering the splayed ends of thetubular pin.

WVhat I claim is 1. In a hinge, a barrel extending from the hinged part,and a hollow hinge pin extending through said barrel and through hingelugs and having its wall outwardly splayed over said lugs and pluggedends.

2. In a hinge, a barrel extending from the hinged part, a piece havingflanged ends forming hinge lugs, a tubular pin extending through saidbarrel and lugs and having its wall splayed over the outer surfaces ofsaid lugs and solid plugs inserted in said tubular pin, and having headscovering said splayed ends of the pin wall.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 13th day of September, 1923.

- JAMES DAVIDSON.

